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      The Locked Room

      by Maj Sjowall; Per Wahloo
      Published
      Jan 1972
      Main Genre
      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      279
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      A Martin Beck Police Mystery Book 8

      About This Book

      The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery.

      A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart is found in a locked room -- with no gun at the scene. The crimes seem disparate, but to Martin Beck they are two pieces of the same puzzle, and solving it becomes the one way he can escape the pains of his failed marriage and the lingering effects of a near-fatal bullet wound. Exploring the ramifications of egotism and intellect, luck and accident, this tour de force of detection bears the unmistakable substance and gravity of real life.

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      Book 8
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      Suspense

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      Law Enforcement

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      Locked Room Mystery

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      Mar 1980 Vintage ISBN13 9780394742748 ISBN10 0394742745
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